Posted by Glock40 on August 10, 2009
That Dairy Queen sure is close to the tracks. It would probably be my favorite place to eat if I were in Morrisville, no doubt about it. Is this crossing protected at all? It looks like a fairly busy street. |
Posted by Chris Tokarcik on August 10, 2009
Sounds like he wasn't opening the valve all the way. |
Posted by guymonmd on August 13, 2009
There were two smoking objects that were thrown out of the cab of the locomotive. Any idea what they are? They were smoking too much to be cigarettes in my oppinion.
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Posted by Rod Williams on August 13, 2009
No visible signage or warning devices, the train was clearly crawling and the horn was either not being sounded or virtually inaudible inside a moving vehicle. Why should the truck driver stop under those circumstances. There was never a chance of a collision. |
Posted by on August 14, 2009
Flares thrown down on to the road. |
Posted by Kyle Tribianni on August 14, 2009
Glock40 - Yes, it definitely is close. And it's my favorite spot in the area for sure! No signage anywhere, on any part of the line. This road is fairly busy, as the intersection ahead takes you (if going right) into New Jersey. Chris- I believe that is correct. He was doing that so he wouldn't injure the conductor's ears. Gguymonmd- Those are flares, they toss them onto the road to alert drivers of the train considering there are no crossings. Rod - Never said there was a chance of a collision. And despite your apparent grasp of the situation, the driver stopped to look both ways. He saw the train and went ahead anyway, and therefore he was a careless driver.
Thanks for the comments and ratings
-Kyle |
Posted by Joey Bowman on August 16, 2009
Im confused by this video and some of the comments made on it. First of all, why would the engineer barely blow to horn for the sake of the conductor? If I am not mistaken they wear (or should wear) ear protection, and if he is worried about the conductor, why not be worried about himself in the progress? In all of my cabrides I have never seen a crew barely blow the horn to avoid hurting some ones ears. Second, the truck in the video makes no stop, no slow down, nothing. And he really didnt need to, the train wasnt even blowing the horn until it was already starting to cross the streets, at that it barely even honked the horn, anyone in a vehicle with the windows up (or even down) with music playing would not be able to hear it. And those "flares" were almost unnoticeable, whoever thinks that that is a great warning device for motorists should reconsider that, if I saw something smoking in the road I would not think to look or stop for a train. Seems like they would work better if they threw them out farther than 5 feet infront of the train.
Interesting operation though. |
Posted by Andre Wilson on August 19, 2009
That was so close! |
Posted by guymonmd on April 19, 2010
I am late in commeting but I don't think those flares do much to alert drivers. The train is all ready in the crossing before the flares are thrown. I think I would notice a train in the road befpre a flare.
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